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CRI vs. COLM, PVH, HBI, GIII, OXM, MOV, FOSL, VRA, TPR, and RL

Should you be buying Carter's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carter's include Columbia Sportswear (COLM), PVH (PVH), Hanesbrands (HBI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), Fossil Group (FOSL), Vera Bradley (VRA), Tapestry (TPR), and Ralph Lauren (RL). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.

Carter's vs. Its Competitors

Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) and Carter's (NYSE:CRI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Columbia Sportswear pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Carter's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Columbia Sportswear pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carter's pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Carter's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Columbia Sportswear currently has a consensus target price of $68.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.24%. Carter's has a consensus target price of $30.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.33%. Given Carter's' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carter's is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Columbia Sportswear
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Carter's
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.3% of Columbia Sportswear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Carter's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Carter's had 25 more articles in the media than Columbia Sportswear. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Carter's and 11 mentions for Columbia Sportswear. Columbia Sportswear's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Carter's' score of 0.19 indicating that Columbia Sportswear is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Columbia Sportswear
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Carter's
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Columbia Sportswear has a net margin of 6.61% compared to Carter's' net margin of 4.79%. Carter's' return on equity of 20.68% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Columbia Sportswear6.61% 12.57% 7.97%
Carter's 4.79%20.68%7.29%

Columbia Sportswear has higher revenue and earnings than Carter's. Carter's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Columbia Sportswear$3.38B0.96$223.27M$3.9115.09
Carter's$2.84B0.32$185.51M$3.776.72

Summary

Columbia Sportswear beats Carter's on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CRI vs. The Competition

MetricCarter'sSHOES&REL APPRL IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$923.50M$15.56B$8.17B$20.86B
Dividend Yield3.77%3.28%3.12%3.60%
P/E Ratio6.7216.1419.3027.91
Price / Sales0.321.344.4968.49
Price / Cash3.1912.4916.7123.29
Price / Book1.083.064.844.55
Net Income$185.51M$572.62M$217.42M$993.24M
7 Day Performance-25.22%-2.01%-3.04%-1.68%
1 Month Performance-16.00%6.63%40.98%2.97%
1 Year Performance-58.54%-8.86%14.39%9.11%

Carter's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRI
Carter's
3.1502 of 5 stars
$25.35
-0.9%
$30.25
+19.3%
-57.8%$923.50M$2.84B6.7215,350Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
COLM
Columbia Sportswear
4.3719 of 5 stars
$59.88
+0.5%
$68.00
+13.6%
-24.9%$3.30B$3.38B15.319,780Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
PVH
PVH
4.5463 of 5 stars
$73.24
+2.6%
$94.20
+28.6%
-24.8%$3.52B$8.65B10.3328,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HBI
Hanesbrands
3.3271 of 5 stars
$4.48
-0.8%
$5.75
+28.5%
-28.2%$1.58B$3.51B-5.3341,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GIII
G-III Apparel Group
2.7148 of 5 stars
$23.21
+0.6%
$27.80
+19.8%
-11.1%$1.01B$3.18B5.374,600Positive News
OXM
Oxford Industries
4.841 of 5 stars
$41.65
-0.3%
$55.80
+34.0%
-59.6%$622.28M$1.52B8.096,000News Coverage
Positive News
MOV
Movado Group
4.9396 of 5 stars
$16.25
+0.4%
$31.50
+93.8%
-36.1%$361.40M$653.38M20.311,456News Coverage
Positive News
FOSL
Fossil Group
3.8645 of 5 stars
$1.59
flat
$5.00
+214.5%
+36.4%$85.27M$1.15B-0.885,200Upcoming Earnings
VRA
Vera Bradley
2.9731 of 5 stars
$2.09
+3.0%
N/A-66.5%$58.37M$371.97M-0.661,725
TPR
Tapestry
4.0792 of 5 stars
$106.37
+2.9%
$89.17
-16.2%
+166.0%$22.09B$6.88B27.9918,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
RL
Ralph Lauren
4.359 of 5 stars
$289.30
-0.1%
$292.88
+1.2%
+73.4%$17.45B$7.08B24.9223,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:CRI) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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